Apr 25, 2010

Not much has been happening lately. While this blog has been here for a few months, I've yet to openly mention my intention to pursue a service dog for myself anywhere, so no money toward the first and current goal of funds for the dog itself has been raised yet. In the meantime however, as a dog from Pro-Train would most likely be a German shepherd, a breed that reaches 22" to 26" at the shoulder, I have been researching alternative breeds such as the Shiloh shepherd and Anatolian shepherd. Since both of these breeds reach about 28" to 30," I'm thinking that a dog within that height range might be able to provide more balance stability and possibly eliminate the need for the cane that I use mainly for balance.

All that aside, there hasn't been too much going on in my personal life. My orthostatic intolerance has been brutal lately, but that's par for the course during the spring and summer months. I'll most likely be flying back to California to stay with my parents for the rest of the year starting mid-June, where there are many more job opportunities within my range of comfort available to me (not to mention more health care choices). I hope to attempt some fundraising efforts there as well, so we'll see how that does or doesn't go.

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I am a 21-year-old freelance artist living in North Carolina, and I am living with the effects of a congenital skull base malformation and dysautonomia, as well as chronic fatigue, muscle spasms and weakness, hip joint instability and cervical spine straightening. After spending nearly 15 years of my life searching for relief from the medical community with no luck, I have decided to trade in all the pills and doctors for the chance to just enjoy life with the help of spirituality, loved ones and, hopefully, a service dog trained to help mitigate the physical symptoms of my illnesses. This blog will hopefully be used to document my journey to raise the $11,000 needed for me to be partnered with a service dog, who would be trained in tasks meant to help my specific case and give me back some of the independence that I once had.